Synopsis

A mural in one of the buildings of the housing development known as “Vuelva mañana” (“Come back tomorrow”) in the neighbourhood of Pontepedriña. Gossip has it that this well-known neighbourhood (made up of the famous “cheap houses” built during the dictatorship) was given this nickname because that was the usual answer employed by some householders every time someone came to collect a debt: “The lady/man of the house is not at home. Come back tomorrow,” pretending to be domestic staff rather than the householders themselves. Alluding to this peculiar way of naming the neighbourhood, which defines its humble status so well, while also taking into account the unsurmountable challenge of accessing decent housing today, Sokram composed a symbolic image in which we can imagine the meaning behind its title: “Perpetual Debt.” An individual climbing a pile of gold coins is attracted by a beam of light projected from another pile of coins in the hand of a stone Titan. Sokram seems to be referring to the fact that we live in constant debt imposed by powerful giants in order to simply keep on living. Most of the time out of sheer necessity, but sometimes also to obtain things we do not really need.

Bio

Sokram is a multidisciplinary creative artist: his activity is centred on graphic design, illustration, music (Dktc, Cemento Musgo) and especially muralism, in addition to his facet as a curator of urban art with Mutante Creativo (DESORDES CREATIVAS, REGENERERA FEST, etc.). His extensive work has a strong social, critical, or sarcastic component, and highlights his taste for irony, humour, and double meanings. His images contain a poetic and conceptual narrative with deep symbolic content, interacting with the territory that inhabits the wall and/or with the socio-political context of the moment. A singular dreamlike world fuelled by graffiti, underground comics, design, and Lowbrow aesthetics, mixing a firm and expressive line with vectorial elements, all sustained under a vibrant range of colours. His large murals can be found in numerous places in Spain and other European countries such as France, Belgium, Italy, Portugal, and Germany.

Image gallery

SOKRAM (Galicia) “Perpetua débeda”